Museum of the Meiji Restoration, Kyushu, Japan
4.0 (434 reviews) Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #6 in Kagoshima Prefecture Speciality Museums • History Museums
Interactive museum
This looks like a fairly new museum with many interactive displays for children. There are several short movies to watch with different languages available. The staff is friendly and helpful, although English is limited. It helped me better understand the role Kagoshima played in Japanese history.
Address
23-1 Kajiyacho, Kagoshima 892-0846 Kagoshima Prefecture
Mobile
Website
http://ishinfurusatokan.info/
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 17:18
User Ratings
4.0 based on (434 reviews)
Reviews
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4123Willo 5:00 PM Dec 10, 2014
Came away more learned!
Hadn't realised what a significant role this city and Kyusyu had played in 'recent' Japanese history- the conflict and determination of the scholars of Kagoshima. Their story is remarkable, they must have been extremely clever, intelligent and adaptable young men. We came to Kagoshima because of its geography and came away impressed also by its history. Excellent museum and interesting show to illustrate the history [English language headsets are excellent]
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3William S 5:00 PM Mar 21, 2020
Well curated (for Japanese speakers)
The Museum is in a pleasant building along the promenade, not far from the main train station. There’s a nice walk along the river that passes the museum. The staff are quite helpful, though there is little English, and offer a multi-lingual tablet you can carry to play the audio (aloud w/o headphones) at various locations. A significant section is about specific people which is difficult to recall later unless you are quite familiar with Japanese history. The displays are quite varied including some dioramas (which I love) though almost everything is only in Japanese. The lower level includes adoption of technologies including the telegraph, photography and glass blowing. There’s a small gift shop and a cafe outside. It’s an easy stop but not worthwhile as a destination in itself.
